I did check the compability list before I orderd myself a S1200BTS server board and a pair of Kingston 8GB ECC-modules and I can admit that I did not see the exact RAM model number in the list but I somehow in my own little mind thought that these modules would match.

No luck.

Kingston KVR1333D3LQ8R9S/8G is not compatible with the current S1200BTS and the firmware it was shipped with.

Just wanted to ask if anyone else here has experienced the same problem and what did You do to handle it?

I do however find it a bit strange that the board support up to 32GB ECC (4 slots) but in the comp. list it only shows 4GB modules as compatible giving it a total of 16GB installed.

Oh well, no harm done and I feel pretty confident that this board will come to support these memorys in a future firmware update (crossing fingers and toes).

Have a nice evening.

Cheers.

Edit 2011-08-24:

Bpedersen: Thank you for your reply.

I bought a pair of cheap 2GB DDR3 (making it 4GB) modules for $40 just to get the machine up n' running. No Beep errors (yay!) but since I did not get any screen signal I got back to digging for a solution to this "new" and exciting problem.

After clicking my way through intel.com I all of a sudden saw this little "Note" saying: "The iGFX feature in the graphic processor is not supported in S1200BT family products."

I sat around just staring at the text and I did not remember reading anything about not being supported in S1200BT-series before I bought this board (2 months ago).

I guess my lack of 20-20 vision gave me some trouble here. Or am I interpreting that text wrong and infact the VGA-port is working and I am just a complete *** and somehow managed to transform that VGA-cable to a camel which you surely know does not send a working VGA-signal.

Well, way to late now. Will keep investigating in this matter tomorrow.

Feels like I should have gotten myself a Supermicro board. But hey, they probably have their own little quirks, like support for 8GB modules and a working VGA-port...

You guys have the temerity to yell at Intel, but in fact you can't tell the difference between UNBUFFERED AND REGISTERED RAM!!!

Yes, you failed to read the specs for both the motherboard and the E3 Xeons. They take unbuffered ECC and all three of you have bought registered ECC (I checked your model numbers after seeing stray "R"s in the numbers).

And yes, the C202 and C204 chipsets do not support CPU graphics (Intel HD graphics). You are getting the VGA signal from the basic onboard VGA controller. AFAIK Intel does not have a C206 motherboard which passes through the on die graphics.

I've never had this issue before buying RAM. But this is my first time buying a Server board (correctly chosen product: target market: 1st server, description: entry level server - straight from the product page).

I also did manage to get the configurator tool running in Firefox, and took a snapshot of the list of compatible memory modules. There are a few 8GB modules on there:

I bought this board for a personal server. I'd like to use 32GB in it. I was going to order two 2x8 GB Kingston kit, but discussion here put me in doubt.

I want to buy KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G. I thought KVR1333D3E9S is the product description, K* is just a kit specification. But I see @Bellcom mentioned he had problems with KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G, but no problems with four KVR1333D3E9Sk8G modules ..

Am I missing something here ? I went through SCT, Kingston memory search tool, tech specs. and I can't find anything why those KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G should not work .. but still I'm in doubt.